National Future Day
The National Future Day - Change of Sides for Girls and Boys (formerly “Daughter's Day”) has been a campaign that has been widespread throughout Switzerland since 2001 and offers schoolchildren the opportunity to accompany their parents at work or to get to know the world of work on various special projects.
background
At the center of the Future Day is the "change of sides": Schoolchildren are invited to explore professions that are traditionally assigned to the opposite sex. By changing sides, they collect new impressions and expand their future prospects. Schools, companies and institutes equally take part in Future Day, so that the campaign is nationally recognized in most companies in Switzerland.
history
From 1998 to 2004, the 16+ apprenticeship project was carried out with various measures to promote an open career choice for girls and boys. As part of this project, the so-called "Father-Daughter Day" was held for the first time in 2001, with the aim of giving girls an insight into the professional world of classic male professions and to sensitize fathers to the importance of their daughters' career choice. The boys were later encouraged to accompany their mother at work that day. Since 2010, the day has been called Future Day and the goal is, more generally, to broaden the focus when choosing a career.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Olaf Kunz: Boys have a hard time on daughter's day. In: 20 Minuten , November 10, 2009, accessed November 3, 2013.
- ↑ Swiss Employers' Association: “Daughter's Day” becomes “Future Day” - for girls and boys Article on berufgeber.ch from April 15, 2010, accessed on January 20, 2019.